Patents by Inventor Kou Atsumi

Kou Atsumi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7751684
    Abstract: A signal processor includes a buffer memory for storing the image signal for output as a main image signal; a point setting section for storing a position on a temporal axis of the main image signal as a registration point in response to a given capture command, the main image signal corresponding to the capture command; a playback control section for causing the buffer memory to output an image frame following the registration point in response to a given playback command; a video capture section for generating a registration image based on at least one image frame in a neighborhood of the registration point of the main image signal outputted from the buffer memory, and storing the registration image; and an image superimposing section for superimposing the registration image onto the main image signal for display in a signal screen to generate a composite image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Miyashita, Takao Yamada, Nobuo Ohyama, Kou Atsumi
  • Patent number: 7742686
    Abstract: A signal processor includes a point setting part that sets a position of a main image signal, as a registration point. A playback control part causes output of an image frame from the registration point used as a starting point in response to a given playback instruction. A capture processing part generates a registration image based on the main image signal and stores the registration image, the at least one image frame being placed in a neighborhood of the registration point. A point recording part writes the registration point into a memory and writes the registration image corresponding to the recorded point into the memory. A point calling part reads out the recorded image and the recorded point in response to a given calling instruction. The point setting part sets the recorded point and the recorded image as the registration point and the registration image, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Miyashita, Takao Yamada, Nobuo Ohyama, Kou Atsumi
  • Publication number: 20050069286
    Abstract: A signal processor includes a buffer memory for storing the image signal for output as a main image signal; a point setting section for storing a position on a temporal axis of the main image signal as a registration point in response to a given capture command, the main image signal corresponding to the capture command; a playback control section for causing the buffer memory to output an image frame following the registration point in response to a given playback command; a video capture section for generating a registration image based on at least one image frame in a neighborhood of the registration point of the main image signal outputted from the buffer memory, and storing the registration image; and an image superimposing section for superimposing the registration image onto the main image signal for display in a signal screen to generate a composite image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Masahiko Miyashita, Takao Yamada, Nobuo Ohyama, Kou Atsumi
  • Publication number: 20050069285
    Abstract: A point setting part sets a position on a time axis of a main image signal corresponding to a capture instruction, as a registration point. A playback control part causes a buffer memory to output an image frame from the registration point used as a starting point in response to a given playback instruction. A capture processing part generates a registration image based on at least one image frame of the main image signal and stores the registration image, the at least one image frame being placed in a neighborhood of the registration point. A point recording part writes the registration point as a recorded point into a memory and writes the registration image as a recorded image corresponding to the recorded point into the memory. A point calling part reads out the recorded image and the recorded point from the memory in response to a given calling instruction. The point setting part sets the recorded point and the recorded image as the registration point and the registration image, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Masahiko Miyashita, Takao Yamada, Nobuo Ohyama, Kou Atsumi
  • Patent number: 6734351
    Abstract: An apparatus for sampling partial audio information from audio information and storing it in a memory device provided with: a sampling device for sampling the partial audio information from the audio information in the sampling time which is a integral multiple of a time interval between each beat and the next in the audio information, and a storing device for storing the sampled partial audio information in a memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Yamada, Takeaki Funada, Kazuo Kamei, Gen Inoshita, Kou Atsumi, Junichi Takagaki, Akiharu Yagi
  • Publication number: 20030205123
    Abstract: An apparatus for sampling partial audio information from audio information and storing it in a memory device provided with: a sampling device for sampling the partial audio information from the audio information in the sampling time which is a integral multiple of a time interval between each beat and the next in the audio information, and a storing device for storing the sampled partial audio information in a memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youichi Yamada, Takeaki Funada, Kazuo Kamei, Gen Inoshita, Kou Atsumi, Junichi Takagaki, Akiharu Yagi
  • Patent number: 6630621
    Abstract: An apparatus for sampling partial audio information from audio information and storing it in a memory device provided with: a sampling device for sampling the partial audio information from the audio information in the sampling time which is a integral multiple of a time interval between each beat and the next in the audio information, and a storing device for storing the sampled partial audio information in a memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Yamada, Takeaki Funada, Kazuo Kamei, Gen Inoshita, Kou Atsumi, Junichi Takagaki, Akiharu Yagi